Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
Welcome to Year 4
Year 4
Summer Term
There are some new English activities for you to try this term based on Kennings poetry.
There is a power point for you to look at and then there are some examples of poems to look at and guess the answer to the riddle! You can then have a go at planning and writing your own.
You can also download the Year 4 Home Learning booklet and see recommended online activities. There are links to these on https://greatcrosbycatholicprimary.com/favourite-websites
All children have access to Purple Mash, Mangahigh and Times Table Rock Stars. Their username and password will work for all of these. If you need a reminder of your child's login details, please email admin.greatcrosby@schools.sefton.gov.uk
When you have logged in to Purple Mash, you can find the work that has been set for you by clicking on the red tick. This is your 2Dos list. Find a task, then click on Start.
To save, click on the purple square with three white lines and click Save. You can also save by clicking on the red square with the white arrow, then Save and Exit.
When you have finished go to 2Dos and click Hand In.
Also, your teachers have set up a Class Blog. You can find this by clicking on the green world (Sharing), then 'Shared Blogs'. Look for your class name. Reception has one blog for the whole year. To add a comment, click on the green square, with the white + sign. Write your comment, then press Save.
Congratulations to Lexi and Leon in 4B who were the 2nd and 3rd highest scorers for Great Crosby in the Everton Times Table Rockstars 'Top of the Rocks' competition in March and April.
Staff
4B - Mrs J. Byrne and Mrs C. Benson
4CW - Mrs H. Crann and Mrs S. Walker
4R - Mrs N. Richards
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs E. Bentley, Mrs L. Kemp, Miss M. Kerwin, Mrs L. Mansfield, Mrs L. McAlister
English
In the download section there are resources for Kennings poetry.There are also some activities for Kennings on Purple Mash. Have a go!
Maths
· Continue to practise your tables using Times Tables Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/26823 We are in a 'Battle of the Bands' against Year 3, so we need you to win as many points as you can!
· Take a look at the Topmarks website https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16
· Have a go on some of the games – Hit the Button we know is one of your favourites!
· Continue to log into your Manga High account and access the challenges
· Play some board games – Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly
Look below for the daily NCETM and White Rose Maths video lessons, activities and practice.
Science
· Go on the Stem Website. They are constantly updating their resources
https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary
Our text Science topics are States of Matter and Sound. There are resources to share and activities to complete. These are available to download below. This contains folders for States of Matter and Sound.
Listen to the Water Cycle song on You tube
Inventors
Carry out some research about an inventor of your choice and present your information in the form of a PowerPoint.
History
· Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z3gjmnb
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxsMAY_J_aY
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/462.html
· Find out who the Vikings were and where they came from.
· Imagine you were a Viking setting sail for England, plot your journey and write about your adventures on the way.
Geography
· Find out where the source and the mouth of the River Mersey is.
· Research the River Mersey, and tell someone you know about what you have found out, do they know anything about the river you didn’t know.
Art, Design and Technology
· Design and make your own coat of arms
· Design and make your own Viking shield and sword
· Make your own Viking ship – template included
· Make a bird feeder
· Make a wind chime
· Make a river collage
Come and See
Reconciliation and Inter-relating
Building bridges of friendship. The importance of admitting wrong, being reconciled with God.
Building bridges of friendship. The importance of admitting wrong, being reconciled with God.
This work comes from the Come and See Religious Education programme which is taught in all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. We have given a general guide to the learning opportunities that your child may have come across in school and have only suggested and selected a small amount of the programme. The activities aim to keep Religious Education practical and fun. They are in Year groups however, there is no harm in completing other year group work as this will help your child to remember and strengthen their learning.
The first part of learning is called – EXPLORE. This shares your child’s everyday experiences and helps them to see how the Catholic faith is lived in their everyday lives. The second part, called – REVEAL shares bible stories that links to their everyday life.
Please note that the activities have been adapted as far as possible to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Building bridges of friendship. The importance of admitting wrong, being reconciled with God.
Building bridges of friendship. The importance of admitting wrong, being reconciled with God.
Building bridges of friendship. The importance of admitting wrong, being reconciled with God.
Please read pages 1, 13 and 14 of the Come and See RE Home Learning booklet. Please click on the image for the download link.
Maths - Daily video lessons, activities and practice
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
These short videos are intended to provide primary school pupils with interactive lessons while they are at home. It is important that, within each batch, they are watched in the suggested order. Most lessons are 15 to 20 minutes long, each ending with suggested follow-up tasks. All lessons exemplify a small steps, Teaching for Mastery approach to Maths, using materials that Mr Cannell helped to write. The current plan is for a new batch of five lessons to be added every week.
Click on the image to access the Lower Key Stage 2 lessons.
White Rose Maths
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
A regular daily learning routine will help your child to learn more effectively at home. We therefore recommend that you aim to cover just one 20-30 minute White Rose Maths session each day.
How to use these lessons:
- Click on the set of lessons for your child’s year group.
- Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
- Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
- Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Start with Week 1. Click on the image.
I See Maths
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching Mathematics of (NCETM) - Fractions
I See Maths
For the duration of the upcoming school closures, Gareth Metcalfe from I See Maths will challenge and inspire primary mathematicians of all ages. Click on the image to watch his daily challenges and to find previous sets of lessons.
Y4 News
Fri 14th Feb
This week Year 4 having been baking delicious biscuits. The recipe is a simple one, requiring only three ingredients.
To make 16 biscuits:
You will need two baking trays
100g (4oz) of softened butter
50g (2oz) of caster sugar
150g (6oz) of self-raising flour
Preheat the oven to 180°C /fan 160°C/ gas 4.
Lightly butter two baking trays. (We used greaseproof paper)
Measure the butter into a bowl and beat to soften.
Gradually beat in the sugar and then the flour.
Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough.
Form the dough into 16 balls about the size of a walnut and place spaced well apart on the prepared baking trays.
Dip a fork in a little water and use this to flatten the biscuits.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes until a very pale golden.
Lift off the baking tray and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
After baking our biscuits, we dipped them in chocolate and sprinkled on hundreds and thousands.
We wrapped them in tissue paper and took them home for our families in decorated boxes.
Fri 8th Nov
Very well done to both of our Y4 teams who competed at the Multi Skills tournament at Chesterfield High School. Many of the children were representing our school for the first time. Out of 20 teams, we were delighted to be placed 1st and 5th.